Article 5

Without prejudice to Articles 7 and 9, Member States shall take the requisite measures to establish a general system of protection for all species of birds referred to in Article 1, prohibiting in particular:

1. deliberate killing or capture by any method;
2. deliberate destruction of, or damage to, their nests and eggs or removal of their nests;
3. taking their eggs in the wild and keeping these eggs even if empty;
4. deliberate disturbance of these birds particularly during the period of breeding and rearing, in so far as disturbance would be significant having regard to the objectives of this Directive;
5. keeping birds of species the hunting and capture of which is prohibited.